Boot and shoe



T. G. EISWALD. BOOT AND SHOE.

No. 83,032. v Patented Aug. 13, 1861.

UNITED STA SES PATENT GFFICE.

T. G. EISWALD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOOT AND SHOE Specification of Letters Patent No. 33,032, dated August13, 1861.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. G. EiswALD, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a face or bottom view of a metal plate pertaining to myinvention. Fig. 2, an inner view of ditto. Fig. 8, a longitudinalsection of ditto taken in the line :I:, m, Fig. 1; and Fig. at, atransverse section of oitto taken in the line y, y, and showing themanner in which it is secured to a boot or shoe.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a metal plate which is made to correspond with the form ofthe sole, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. This plate A is providedwith nails a, which are fitted 'i it all around its edge at a suitabledistance apart. The nails a, should be o f wrought metal so that theymay clench readily, and they should be of such a length that they maypass through the leather sole of the boot or shoe and also through theedges of the upper or welt of the same. The plate A, may be of wroughtor cast metal and its outer or face side may be provided with knobs orprojections b, or corrugated in any proper way so as to preventslipping.

The plate A, is applied to the shoe as fol lows: After the upper is madeand the whole of the body or main part of the shoe finished, an ironlast is fitted therein, and the leather sole is fitted to the bottom ofthe shoe, and

the metal plate A, applied to the sole, the welt being between the soleand upper. The plate A, has pressure applied to it by any suitable pressand the nails a, of the plate are consequently forced through the soleand welt and are clenched in consequence of coming in contact with themetal last see Fig. l, in which the upper is designated by c, the weltby (Z, and the sole by c.

The attaching of metal plates to the soles of boots and shoes is quitean old idea, but the plans hitherto devised, so far as I am aware, haveall consisted in simply attaching the plates to the soles after thelatter had been secured to the uppers, and consequently the attaching ofthe plates augmented the cost of manufacture; but by my invention thecost of the metal plate is more than saved by the economy in labor, asin attaching the plate to the sole, the latter is secured to the upperor welt, and the usual labor of sewing or pegging dispensed with.

I would remark that metal heel plates may be applied in precisely thesame way as the sole plates A, the difference consisting only in thelength of the nails a, which, of course, require to be longer,corresponding to the thickness or depth of the heel.

I do not claim broadly the attaching of metal plates to the soles ofboots and shoes. But

I do claim asnew, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent The particulararrangement herein shown and described of the clenching nails a, and theplate A, with the sole 0, upper c, and welt (Z, so that the above partswill be firmly united by the said clenching nails, without any otherfastening, all as set forth.

T. G. EISVVALD.

Witnesses HENRY LINDEMANN, M. STEINBERG.

